Monya Baker Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/monya-baker/ The best minds on the most important topics. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:29:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Monya Baker Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/byline/monya-baker/ 32 32 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Misinformation? https://issues.org/misinformation-problem-address-podcast/ https://issues.org/misinformation-problem-address-podcast/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:23:25 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=44954 Vaccines, oil spills, genetic engineering, and stem cells—anywhere there’s science, there’s also misinformation. It muddies our ability to make good decisions, ranging from far-reaching ones like creating policy to simple ones like… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/misinformation-problem-address-podcast/feed/ 0 Uncovering Hidden Bias in Clinical Research https://issues.org/uncovering-hidden-bias-in-clinical-research/ https://issues.org/uncovering-hidden-bias-in-clinical-research/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43858 Check the end of any recent study, and there will be a list of study funders and disclosures about competing interests. It’s important to know about potential biases in research, but this… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/uncovering-hidden-bias-in-clinical-research/feed/ 0 A Road Map for a New Era in Biology and Medicine https://issues.org/road-map-for-new-era-biology-medicine/ https://issues.org/road-map-for-new-era-biology-medicine/#respond Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42873 Most people are familiar with DNA, but its cousin, RNA, has become widely known only recently. In 2020, of course, RNA was in the news all the time: the COVID-19 virus is… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/road-map-for-new-era-biology-medicine/feed/ 0 To Fix Health Misinformation, Think Beyond Fact Checking https://issues.org/to-fix-health-misinformation-think-beyond-fact-checking/ https://issues.org/to-fix-health-misinformation-think-beyond-fact-checking/#respond Tue, 07 May 2024 13:39:42 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42312 When tackling the problem of misinformation, people often think first of content and its accuracy. But contering misinformation by fact-checking every erroneous or misleading claim traps organizations in an endless game of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/to-fix-health-misinformation-think-beyond-fact-checking/feed/ 0 Episode 40: A Venture Capitalist for Better Science https://issues.org/episode-40-better-science-stuart-buck/ https://issues.org/episode-40-better-science-stuart-buck/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:34:42 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40761 Stuart Buck has referred to himself as a venture capitalist for making science more efficient, reliable, and accountable. As vice president at the policy-focused philanthropy Arnold Ventures, he directed funds toward fledgling… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/episode-40-better-science-stuart-buck/feed/ 0 Episode 36: Open Science: Moving From Possible to Expected to Required https://issues.org/episode-36-open-science-brian-nosek/ https://issues.org/episode-36-open-science-brian-nosek/#respond Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:45:20 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=40224 A decade ago, University of Virginia psychology professor Brian Nosek cofounded an unusual nonprofit, the Center for Open Science. It’s been a cheerleader, enabler, and nagger to convince scientists that making their… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/episode-36-open-science-brian-nosek/feed/ 0 Episode 31: Race, Genetics, and a “Most Dangerous Myth” https://issues.org/episode-31-race-genetics-dangerous-myth-ann-morning/ https://issues.org/episode-31-race-genetics-dangerous-myth-ann-morning/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 13:30:02 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=39180 The concept of distinct races came from European naturalists in the 1700s. It’s now recognized as a social construct, rather than a biological classification. Nonetheless, genetics researchers sometimes use race or ethnicity to… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/episode-31-race-genetics-dangerous-myth-ann-morning/feed/ 0 Episode 29: To Solve the AI Problem, Rely on Policy, Not Technology https://issues.org/episode-29-artificial-intelligence-policy-crawford/ https://issues.org/episode-29-artificial-intelligence-policy-crawford/#respond Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:23:31 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=38909 Artificial intelligence is everywhere, growing increasingly accessible and pervasive. Conversations about AI often focus on technical accomplishments rather than societal impacts, but leading scholar Kate Crawford has long drawn attention to the… Read More

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